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| Ginsu Victim:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on May 19, 2009, 01:26:26 pm ---Geez Ginsu, whats got into you lately? --- End quote --- I blame ChadTower. ;D I was only saying it's a problem with the user, not the product. I thought fatfingers explained the swapping procedure well enough (despite the one mistake that Randy corrected). |
| diggso:
er, getting back to cmoses question: i use 2 spinners for 1 & 2 player racing games. i've got those ultimarc spin-trak spinners that you can see at http://www.ultimarc.com/SpinTrak.htm. i use the red knobs as shown the big picture of the assembled spinner. i have to admit i find them a dream for playing stuff like super sprint & off road (once you bring the sensitivity down to about 6%) but spinners aren't so great for the 1 player racing games like out run etc. not terrible, just not like a wheel. still a lot better than joystick... |
| CheffoJeffo:
For me, this is a timely question -- I have a MAME cab that I intended to be dedicated with two spinners and a trackball (horizontal display). My intent is to have two miniwheels on the spinners and I am thinking that the switchover may not be such an issue for me. I need to look into it a bit, but I am now thinking that I should use three spinners, two with miniwheels and one without. |
| cmoses:
I am grateful for everyone's opinions and I do not think that anyone is knocking Randy's products at all, just giving their honest thoughts and experiences. The process may be simple, but the reality for most people is that unless it is "extremely quick and easy" they will probably not swap them out. Either playing the game with whatever controller is on there or just deciding not to play that game because the wrong controller is on there. I myself probably fall into that same category. That was why I wanted to know what people were doing and how they were handling the situation. Based on what I am reading here, this is what I think I will be doing: I think I will be purchasing two TT2 spinners with two mini racing wheels. Having two spinners on the control panel gives you the most flexibility, ease of use and controller options. For everyday use I would have the spinner on the right side of the control panel have just a regular spinner knob on it and the spinner on the left have the mini racing wheel on it. This way I could play Tempest, Arknoid, Cameltry, etc with the spinner knob and Super Sprint, Turbo, Off Road, etc with the mini racing wheel. This would allow for the most amount of games playable without any switching needed. Now if I knew someone was coming over for some 2 player action I could easily switch out the spinner or mini racing wheel beforehand to accommodate this. Having two mini racing wheels if I think we will be primarily doing some heads up racing or two spinners for Blasteroids, Arknoid Returns, Warlords, etc. Any thoughts on this approach? |
| cmoses:
--- Quote from: diggso on May 19, 2009, 04:21:30 pm ---er, getting back to cmoses question: i use 2 spinners for 1 & 2 player racing games. i've got those ultimarc spin-trak spinners that you can see at http://www.ultimarc.com/SpinTrak.htm. i use the red knobs as shown the big picture of the assembled spinner. i have to admit i find them a dream for playing stuff like super sprint & off road (once you bring the sensitivity down to about 6%) but spinners aren't so great for the 1 player racing games like out run etc. not terrible, just not like a wheel. still a lot better than joystick... --- End quote --- Do you have any pictures of your control panel. Curious as to where you decided to place the spinners. Also, do you think the spinners "feel" better because Super Sprint and Off Road are more top down racers, where single player racers like Pole Position and Outrun and from behind the car? |
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